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DOGE overstated the savings of its largest cuts by 97%, analysis finds

Name: DOGE overstated the savings of its largest cuts by 97%, analysis finds
Uploaded: 2025-08-05T19:06:00-0400
Duration: 3 min 45 s
Description: Elon Musk boasted about how much he'd saved taxpayers when he was running the Department of Government Efficiency. CBS News took a close look at some of the numbers and found the money saved doesn't line up with what DOGE is saying. Nancy Cordes reports.

Elon Musk boasted about how much he'd saved taxpayers when he was running the Department of Government Efficiency. CBS News took a close look at some of the numbers and found the money saved doesn't line up with what DOGE is saying. Nancy Cordes reports.